{"id":2227042,"date":"2026-01-08T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227042"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:15:25","slug":"beloved-radio-personality-dead-at-74-a-radio-icon-known-to-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/beloved-radio-personality-dead-at-74-a-radio-icon-known-to-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved radio personality dead at 74: \u2018A radio icon known to millions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XRB5SOBOTNFXBGBGDC3IV2DLYE\">Jerry Cesak, a beloved radio personality whose career began in Washington, D.C. and took him through Baltimore before heading out to California, has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JLNRBNAGXJDNPF5Q7B4S2BEQUI\">He was 74.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SPYVOA4ACBCNJFOARXO54XFIDU\">Cesak, who was known for his role as \u201cJer\u201d on the \u201cJeff &amp; Jer Showgram,\u201d which was popular in California, was a native of Maryland and a graduate of the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VOSYAK5F45AWFK7PQAY477Q5WM\">\u201cWe are deeply saddened to share that our Beloved \u2018Jer\u2019 has passed away,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1DkMq1VpbB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1DkMq1VpbB\/\"><b>the Jeff and the Showgram Facebook page shared. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GQ6ECJUFXNFZZEOG67B2NKMQ5U\">The statement said that Cesak died on Jan. 4 \u201cin the arms of his loving wife, Pam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GYP7ZIZUYRELHABQHTEXM24JFA\">\u201cAs he often said, life comes in chapters; Jerry\u2019s was one filled with warmth, humor, and unwavering kindness,\u201d the statement closed. \u201cHe will be deeply missed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E2BC7ICQCRBTXHOTNMQ2SPZK3Q\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/longtime-san-diego-radio-host-jerry-cesak-from-jeff-jer-showgram-dies\/ar-AA1TMelT?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/longtime-san-diego-radio-host-jerry-cesak-from-jeff-jer-showgram-dies\/ar-AA1TMelT?ocid=BingNewsSerp\"><b>NBC 7 San Diego<\/b><\/a> said the \u201cJeff &amp; Jer Showgram\u201d was on the air in San Diego for 27 years. Cesak retired in 2015, and in 2016 he and his partner on the show, Jeff Detrow, were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VUEXR6PIPBELFA257A3U3ZC53Q\">Fans were quick to reply to the show\u2019s announcement of Cesak\u2019s death with love. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KNVUVSW7PVDFJHUVH54EPCJ43Q\">\u201cMost people go through life hoping they leave a mark on people\u2019s lives by the time they pass away,\u201d Juanita Burney wrote. \u201cJer left a huge mark on millions of people\u2019s lives. He will be remembered by so many for his goofiness, kindness and his complete love of animals. May we all play his kindnesses forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"R32GW7WIU5FXBIOTFM2GODVSZA\">\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many days when I didn\u2019t think I could even make it out of bed or to work because of depression that I ended up belly laughing in the shower, and then the whole way to work,\u201d Bruce Trites wrote. \u201cTalk about a show that was the soundtrack of my life. This is sad, but the memories are amazing. What a great guy and a great duo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S77SOSKISNFPFFGBQVGHFCLWQY\">There were plenty more comments like that and you can see them here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FCTV7ZDAHFG37LITW6UUAIWLCQ\">The statement from the show called Cesak a \u201cradio icon known to millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Cesak, a beloved radio personality whose career began in Washington, D.C. and took him through Baltimore before heading out to California, has died. He was 74. Cesak, who was known for his role as \u201cJer\u201d on the \u201cJeff &amp; Jer Showgram,\u201d which was popular in California, was a native of Maryland and a graduate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2227043,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227042\/revisions\/2227043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}